VAPIGEN(1)

📦 version 0.48.19, in centos-stream 9

💖 vapigen(1) — Vala API Generator, bestie 💖

okay so this is the vapigen(1) page from the User Commands manual, and it's literally about generating a Vala API. stay with me, it's slay.

✨ NAME ✨

vapigen — generate a Vala API. periodt. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

vapigen SOURCE PKGBASE [OPTION]... [FILE]...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so vapigen is the utility that generates Vala API (VAPI) files from GI files, and those GI files may be generated using the vala-gen-introspect(1) utility. that's the whole vibe. 💖

🛠️ Usage:

vapigen [OPTION?] FILE... - Vala API Generator

🆘 Help Options:

  • -h, --help — show help options. bestie, the help is right there ✨

🎀 Application Options:

  • --vapidir=DIRECTORY... — look for package bindings in DIRECTORY.
  • --girdir=DIRECTORY... — look for GIR bindings in DIRECTORY.
  • --metadatadir=DIRECTORY... — look for GIR .metadata files in DIRECTORY.
  • --nostdpkg — do not include standard packages.
  • --pkg=PACKAGE... — include binding for PACKAGE.
  • --library=NAME — library name.
  • -d, --directory=DIRECTORY — output directory.
  • --disable-warnings — disable warnings.
  • --version — display version number.
  • -q, --quiet — do not print messages to the console.

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? it's giving issue-tracker energy, so take it here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues. no cap.

🌈 HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT 🌈

the homepage/contact spot is https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala. 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini. iconic.

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

After compilation, this command generates a GI for pango:

vala-gen-introspect pango packages/pango

This can then be converted to a Vala API as follows:

vapigen --pkg cairo --vapidir . --library pango
packages/pango/pango.gi

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

vala-gen-introspect (1) — go say hi. 💜

xoxo bestie, this page is from Vala API Generator 0.48.19, dated August 2021, and its manual name is VAPIGEN(1) 💖

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